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With research staff from more than 60 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

Erick Boy

Erick Boy

Erick Boy is the Chief Nutritionist in the HarvestPlus section of the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit. As head of nutrition for the HarvestPlus Program since 2008, he has led research that has generated scientific evidence on biofortified staple crops as efficacious and effective interventions to help address iron, vitamin A, and zinc deficiency in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and South Asia.

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Since 1975, IFPRI’s research has been informing policies and development programs to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods around the world.

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IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

Ideas for confronting climate change today

October 14, 2021

  • 9:30 – 10:45 am (America/New_York)
  • 3:30 – 4:45 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 7:00 – 8:15 pm (Asia/Kolkata)


In the lead up to CoP26, IFPRI researchers put forward four ideas for confronting climate change in the context of food systems.

Rapid-fire presentations will describe these key ideas: 

  • research for the future of food systems under climate change
  • transforming food systems through clean energy access
  • engaging stakeholders in climate-smart landscape management
  • harnessing digital technologies to manage climate risks in food systems

Saliem Fakir, Executive Director of the African Climate Foundation, will moderate the session, and engage the presenters on key questions about food systems and climate change. Jemimah Njuki, Director for Africa at IFPRI, will provide a holistic perspective and shed light on the synergies among the four ideas presented.

Rapid Fire Presentations

Discussant

Moderator

  • Saliem Fakir, Executive Director, African Climate Foundation